８月３日召集、政府が伝達　臨時国会、会期３日間

　政府は２６日、衆参両院の議院運営委員会理事会で、先の参院選を受けた臨時国会を８月３日に召集すると伝達した。会期は同５日までの３日間となる見通し。参院は召集日の本会議で正副議長を選出する。
　衆参議運理事会に先立ち、自民党の高木毅国対委員長と立憲民主党の馬淵澄夫国対委員長が会談した。馬淵氏は故安倍晋三元首相の国葬開催の是非などを審議するため、会期を大幅に取るよう要求。高木氏は閉会中審査での対応を求めた。
　高木氏は安倍氏の追悼演説を８月５日の衆院本会議で行うことも改めて提案したが、馬淵氏は「国葬の是非も含め説明責任が果たされていない状況で行うのは筋が通らない」と述べ、折り合わなかった。自民党は演説を同党の甘利明前幹事長に行わせる方向で調整している。（2022/07/26-13:14）

The Japanese government informed relevant committees of the Diet on Tuesday that an extraordinary session of the parliament following the July 10 House of Councillors election will start Aug. 3.
   The extraordinary session will run for three days until Aug. 5, according to the government plan conveyed at a meeting among executives of the steering committees of the upper chamber of the Diet and the House of Representatives, the lower chamber.
   The Upper House is expected to elect its new president and vice president at a plenary meeting on the first day of the session.
   Tsuyoshi Takagi, Diet affairs head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, met with his counterpart from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Sumio Mabuchi, earlier on Tuesday.
   Mabuchi demanded that the period of the upcoming extraordinary Diet session be much longer for discussions on issues including the advisability of holding a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot to death on July 8.